“Let’s talk Gardening”

April 14, 2007

Containers with April Enos:

Topiary form of Eugenia in urn. Other plants: Nettlepoint ivy, coleus, piggy back plant.

Trellis with Passion Vine: Yellow snapdragons, purple stock, red geraniums, white bacopa.

Euonymus shrub, coleus, purple osteospermum, blue 21^st Century phlox, White Bacopa.

Pink stained concrete pot Magilla perilla, Centradania, pink begonias, variegated rubber tree.

Miniature landscape with Arboritae, cypress, blackglass buttons (fern like)

Cordyaline (Ti Plant), centradania,

Nandina, marigold, 21^st Century phlox, Sweet Potato Vine,

Little Gem Norway Spruce in standard form: Blue 21^st Century Phlox, orange purslane and orange marigolds, purple verbena.

Shades of pink: Rocky Mountain Geraniums, coleus, Perilla Magilla,

Roses with Pat Grissum, the “Rose Man”:

Hybrid Tea Rose: Rio Samba, multicolored flowers.

Floribunda-Clusters of flowers, disease-free and heat tolerant.

Shrub roses: Home Run, Double Knock Out, Belinda’s Dream, Tree form Red Carpet

Miniature roses: Very winter hardy.

Another Double Knock Out.

Shaun Doering: Pruning

Pruning Carpet roses or shrub roses; Prune half way back in very early spring. (Late February or early March).

Cut back ornamental grasses; Cut back in February or early March. Wrap the grass in burlap to prevent grass cuts on the arms. Wear gloves and long sleeves. Cut back approximately 6 inch above the ground.

Prune Crape Myrtle; February- March, Standard type –use loppers. Trim to shape, cut ¼ back. Prune out suckers and cut out any cross branching. Folding saw and pruners are good tools to have for project.

Ken’s Tomato Tip 1: Choose tomatoes with the VFN behind the name for more disease resistance.

Ken’s Tomato Tip 2: Plant tomatoes deep and mulch for better plants in the heat of the summer.